PZ547 wrote on Feb 10
th, 2019 at 2:29pm:
lee wrote on Feb 10
th, 2019 at 2:22pm:
[quote author=ZXLX796 link=1549769218/10#10 date=1549771698]I don't get it
The Australian Council of Trade Unions wants to impose death taxes on all Australians?
Trade unions?
Have they branched out ?
Is the Australian Tax Office a member of trade unions?
You do understand the ATO only implements the laws passed by parliament?
Quote:Not sure if my comment would fall under sarcasm or humour -- never mind
There is another possibility....sheer ignorance.
Quote:The question remains however. What the hell are trade unions doing calling for death tax?
They can call for what they like, just like any other person or organisation can. That okay but you?
Quote:Or, duh, have trade unions become amalgamated with parliament and we weren't informed?
No, but it is well known and acknowledged that the Unions are part of ALP structure, and as such, have a capacity to contribute at ALP annual Meetings. "Death taxes" are not part of ALP Policy and I doubt they ever will be.
We had them years ago, it was seen as a rip off (as Grappler has so simply explained) and it was terminated.
It seems we 'inherited' the notion of death taxes from our Pommie colonial days, and it was not until Qld, then led by Joe the Jerk, began a rollback of it until it was ultimately turfed in the early 1980's.
Funnily enough, it was Morrison who first ruminated about a reintroduction in 2015.